1 July 2012

What's Inside My Holiday Beauty Washbag?

This year I really tried to reduce the amount of make up and beauty products I brought with me to Florida. As I've mentioned many time's before, I am definitely a serial over-packer especially when it comes to make up, my make up bag used to weigh just as much as my suitcase lol. So this year I deliberately decided to be ruthless and bring only the essentials. Because do I really need 7 mascaras, 5 foundations and 20 lipsticks? probably not.

Ok lets get started, unfortunately due to some dizziness on my part all the products are kind of jumbled up and are in no particular order, sorry about that:

L-R Mini Soleil Shaving Gel & Razor

Baby Powder

Aussie Miracle Colour Insurance LeaveIn Conditioner

Mini Jimmy Choo Perfume Sample

Moroccan Oil Nourishing Travel Set

Mini Clean On Me Shower Gel

Philosophy Purity Cleanser

On Deodorant

Mini Bioderma

Contact Lenses (obviously I brought enough for 2 weeks lol)

Hair Clip

Mini The Body Shop Mango Butter

Benefit Hula Bronzer

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturiser

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer

Loreal False Lash Telescopic mascara

Clinique Super City Block SPF40

Tangle Teaser

I used the Collection 2000 concealer everyday without fail, it's amazing, definitely a must have for anybody going on holiday who still want a bit of coverage. I also religiously applied my Clinique Super City Block which I never go on holiday without. I can honestly say the baby powder was a life saver, it was so hot and I of course wanted to wear my skirts, so I applied it every morning and my legs didn't chafe (I know that's probably a bit TMI, but it happens).

L-R: Models Own 3in1 (Base coat)

Seche Vite (Topcoat)

Bourjois Magic Remover

Liz Earle Moisturiser

Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF30

Sultan Once For Face

La Roche-Posay Samples

EOS Summer Fruits Lip-balm

OPI What With The Cattitude

China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy

OPI Mod About You

Revlon Strawberry Shortcake Lip Butter

Revlon Tutti Frutti Lip Butter

The Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF30 was another must have for me, I didn't leave the house until I had this slathered all over (except my face), unfortunately there was a day when I missed a few spots and I did get a bit of sunburn, so it shows that it really does work.

As you can imagine it took barely any time to do my face in the morning, needless to say my dad was pretty pleased. The Clinique Super City Block was an amazing base, it really made my concealer stay put all day and the Revlon lip butters really made my lips stay hydrated throughout my trip.

So that's it, I know to some people it still might be a lot of products, but for me it really is traveling light and I'm pretty proud of myself lol.

Feel free to let me know what your holiday essentials are, will you be traveling light this summer?